Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun conditioning

1 sense of conditioning

Sense 1
conditioning -- (a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment)
       => learning, acquisition -- (the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb condition

5 senses of condition

Sense 1
condition -- (establish a conditioned response)
       => teach, learn, instruct -- (impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat")

Sense 2
discipline, train, check, condition -- (develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?")
       => develop, make grow -- (cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development; "The perfect climate here develops the grain"; "He developed a new kind of apple")

Sense 3
stipulate, qualify, condition, specify -- (specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement; "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments")
       => contract, undertake -- (enter into a contractual arrangement)

Sense 4
condition -- (put into a better state; "he conditions old cars")
       => better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate -- (to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes")

Sense 5
condition -- (apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny; "I condition my hair after washing it")
       => shampoo -- (use shampoo on (hair))